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Dashboard theme inspiration
If you're anything like me, you may need help in choosing the right colours for your dashboard to envoke the right tone. Good news! Here's a couple of amazing resources that can help make this simple: 100 colour combinations Great for inspiration in designing your own dashboard theme! Pallete Generator When you're ready to…
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Power BI + Smartsheet: Use Cases and Lessons Learned
I have recently started experimenting with the Power BI integration using the Smartsheet app: Smartsheet Power BI App In our EPMO, Smartsheet is our primary PPM tool, and I am now pulling that data into Power BI to explore more advanced analytics and drill-down reporting. I am interested in where Power BI still adds the…
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Dashboards Storytelling and Executive Insights
I work in an Enterprise PMO where Smartsheet is our project and portfolio management (PPM) tool. It was custom built for our organisation, and the Enterprise PMO maintains it (controls the templates, building reports, fixing issues, and supporting users), while project teams update their own project data. Over the years,…
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Balancing governance and flexibility as Smartsheet adoption scales
Over the past year, I’ve been building Smartsheet systems in a multi-partner environment supporting project management, reporting, and operational workflows. As adoption has grown internally and across partner organizations, one challenge I’ve been thinking more about is balancing governance and standardization with…
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PowerBI Connector and Reports - Visuals Stop Working after Gateway-side Refresh of Data
Context: I worked on a dashboard that's pulling dozens of sheets and merging them together into a dataset. It's time-consuming to add each Sheet to PowerBI and requires many manual steps. I've explored using a Report as it can automatically pickup new sheets automatically, adds the sheet name, etc. When I import into…
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Ownership transfer
I'm the new operations manager at my company, however our previous operations manager resigned but before he did he did not transfer ownership of all our smartsheets. So when there is a notification of something we have no way of knowing because it continues to go to the previous owner. Since I'm not sure what access level…
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Combination Charts for Dashboard
I have several dashboards where I would really need to use a Combination Chart to display my data appropriately. Linking to google sheets or other external sources is not an option for me because my data is housed in Smartsheet and is updated in real time. Having the ability to display a combination line/column chart would…
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Tableau x Smartsheet Integration
Being able to feed dashboard charts from tableau data/import tableau data into grid sheets/reports.
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RAID Log for Program
Hi All, I’m looking for some ideas and suggestions regarding RAID logs. I currently manage a portfolio of 18 projects and would like to align each individual RAID log with a program-level dashboard. Does anyone have a RAID log template they’d be willing to share? Additionally, I’d appreciate any guidance on how to…
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Dashboard Widget > Smartsheet Item Link is hidden behind Paste URL
The option to select Smartsheet item is behind the Link to url. I have to hover over a blank space where it is usually located to click it. I have tried it on different items, different browsers, restarted and reopened a new tab and issue still exist. Zooming in and out does not help either. Is it just me?
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Couldn't Save
I know there are multiple threads on this issue, but I thought I'd provide a thorough User Case: Win 11 v24H2 current updates Using Smartsheet desktop Source Report2 contains formula using data from program plan (Source1) Trying to build KPI dashboard using Report2 repeatedly get "Couldn't Save" "undefined - undefined"…
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Turn your data into a tailored dashboard instantly with the help of AI
May 19, 2026 You can now turn your data into dashboards instantly with the help of AI. Use natural language to describe what you’d like to create, select your sheets, and AI will handle the manual setup on your behalf. You’ll see charts with insights tailored to your request, giving you clarity without the time-consuming…
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is there a way to have more colors available in sheets as in dashboards?
hi, When customizing dashboards, I notice that there are more options available to choose or create color combinations compared to the static color palette that appears in sheets. Do you know how I can include more colors in sheets, similar to what is available in dashboards?
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Workspace
I have a workspace titled 2026 Activity. I need to create another one for 2027 Activity. All the sheets in the 2026 workspace will be moved to the 2027 workspace including the dashboard. All data must be retained in the 2026 workspace but deleted from the 2027 workspace. How can I make this happen?
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Interactive Dashboard Filters — Cross-Widget Filtering
The idea:Allow users to add filter controls directly on a Smartsheet dashboard that dynamically filter all connected charts, metric widgets, and report widgets simultaneously — similar to how slicers work in Tableau or Power BI. What this would look like:A user could add a filter widget to their dashboard with options…
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Is there a way to schedule a PDF dashboard delivery in Smartsheet?
Hi, Is there a way to schedule a PDF dashboard delivery in Smartsheet?
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Critical path
So, I see that Smartsheet calculates the critical path in the Gantt chart. Hence, there is internal capability in the tool. Is there a possibility to create a Critical Path report based on the Smartsheet calculation? Rather than someone flagging the critical path activities.
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Editing Dashboard and Worksheet
I created a dashboard and worksheet in our team's workspace a few weeks ago. Now, today I cannot edit either of them. There is no "edit dashboard" icon. What would cause this? How can I get back in to edit them?
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Dynamic View: Add configurable column width, spacing, and border styling in View settings
Idea Dynamic View is often used as a user-facing interface, but currently offers no control over layout or visual formatting (e.g. column width, spacing, or borders). Problem This creates a poor user experience — particularly for visually impaired users, where readability and spacing are critical. Columns cannot be resized…
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Can I do a stacked bar chart of status types by week?
I've been asked to create a bar chart for a hypercare log like the one shown in the attached screenshot. The ask is to have a stacked bar for each week showing how many cases were active in a given week and how many were of each status (New / In Progress / Resolved / Escalated). The ultimate goal is to see the trend of how…